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* DevelopmentHell: An infamous case in the album ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid heroin. It didn't work[[note]]Shaun took an entire month's supply of methadone, but the band inadvertently smashed the case containing it by messing around in Manchester airport[[/note]]. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by [[Music/TalkingHeads Tina Weymouth]] [[Music/TomTomClub and Chris Frantz]]) caused the band's signature Madchester sound to be traded in for Caribbean-influenced synthpop (a genre that had become ''very'' dated by the time the album was released, just a year after the success of ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' and the explosion of {{grunge}} and AlternativeRock in the mainstream consciousness), and lots of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money, combined with the failure of ''Yes Please!'' to turn anything close to a profit, ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.

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* DevelopmentHell: An infamous case in the album ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid heroin. It didn't work[[note]]Shaun took an entire month's supply of methadone, but the band inadvertently smashed the case containing it by messing around in Manchester airport[[/note]]. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by [[Music/TalkingHeads Tina Weymouth]] [[Music/TomTomClub and Chris Frantz]]) caused the band's signature Madchester sound to be traded in for Caribbean-influenced synthpop (a genre that had become ''very'' dated by the time the album was released, just a year after the success of ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' ''Music/{{Nevermind|Album}}'' and the explosion of {{grunge}} and AlternativeRock in the mainstream consciousness), and lots of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money, combined with the failure of ''Yes Please!'' to turn anything close to a profit, ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.
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* TropeNamer: Of TwentyFourHourPartyPeople.
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* TroubledProduction: Their fourth and last album ''Yes Please!'' was a production so troubled that [[CreatorKiller it bankrupted the label]] that financed it, Creator/FactoryRecords. The album went way over budget, some members became addicted to crack (while attempting to kick a heroin habit), to the point of selling some studio gear in exchange for some more crack, and a recording session in Barbados resulted in recorded instruments but no vocals (due to Shaun Ryder forgetting to write the lyrics). When the album was released, it was universally panned and allegedly sold just one ''thousand'' copies.

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* TroubledProduction: Their fourth and last album ''Yes Please!'' was a production so troubled that [[CreatorKiller it bankrupted the label]] that financed it, Creator/FactoryRecords. The album went way over budget, some members became addicted to crack (while attempting to kick a heroin habit), to the point of selling some studio gear in exchange for some more crack, and a recording session in Barbados resulted in recorded instruments but no vocals (due to Shaun Ryder forgetting to write the lyrics). When the album was released, it was universally panned and allegedly sold just one ''thousand'' copies.only an eighth of what its predecessor made.
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* MoneyDearBoy: The band briefly re-united in 1998 when Shaun Ryder and Bez both faced huge tax bills.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BgbvjvAWuY an interview]] with [=ChannelBee=], Music/JohnnyMarr said that he was invited to work with the band shortly before they began work on ''Yes Please!'' in Barbados, only to arrive at the airport realizing how [[OhCrap such an experience would be]]. He notes that he was in the band "for about 25 minutes".

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BgbvjvAWuY an interview]] with [=ChannelBee=], Music/JohnnyMarr said that he was invited to work with the band shortly before they began work on ''Yes Please!'' in Barbados, only to arrive at the airport realizing how [[OhCrap such an experience would be]]. He notes that he was in the band "for about 25 minutes".minutes".
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* DevelopmentHell: An infamous case in the album ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid Heroin. It didn't work[[note]]Shaun took an entire month's supply of methadone, but the band inadvertently smashed the case containing it by messing around in Manchester airport[[/note]]. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by [[Music/TalkingHeads Tina Weymouth]] [[Music/TomTomClub and Chris Frantz]]) caused the band's signature Madchester sound to be traded in for Caribbean-influenced synthpop (a genre that had become ''very'' dated by the time the album was released, just a year after the success of ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' and the explosion of {{grunge}} and AlternativeRock in the mainstream consciousness), and lots of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money, combined with the failure of ''Yes Please!'' to turn anything close to a profit, ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.

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* DevelopmentHell: An infamous case in the album ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid Heroin.heroin. It didn't work[[note]]Shaun took an entire month's supply of methadone, but the band inadvertently smashed the case containing it by messing around in Manchester airport[[/note]]. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by [[Music/TalkingHeads Tina Weymouth]] [[Music/TomTomClub and Chris Frantz]]) caused the band's signature Madchester sound to be traded in for Caribbean-influenced synthpop (a genre that had become ''very'' dated by the time the album was released, just a year after the success of ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' and the explosion of {{grunge}} and AlternativeRock in the mainstream consciousness), and lots of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money, combined with the failure of ''Yes Please!'' to turn anything close to a profit, ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.
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* TroubledProduction: Their fourth and last album ''Yes Please!'' was a production so troubled that [[CreatorKiller it bankrupted the label]] that financed it, Creator/FactoryRecords. The album went way over budget, some members became addicted to crack (while attempting to kick a heroin habit), to the point of selling some studio gear in exchange for some more crack, and a recording session in Barbados resulted in recorded instruments but no vocals (due to Shaun Ryder forgetting to write the lyrics). When the album was released, it was universally panned and allegedly sold just one ''hundred'' copies.

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* TroubledProduction: Their fourth and last album ''Yes Please!'' was a production so troubled that [[CreatorKiller it bankrupted the label]] that financed it, Creator/FactoryRecords. The album went way over budget, some members became addicted to crack (while attempting to kick a heroin habit), to the point of selling some studio gear in exchange for some more crack, and a recording session in Barbados resulted in recorded instruments but no vocals (due to Shaun Ryder forgetting to write the lyrics). When the album was released, it was universally panned and allegedly sold just one ''hundred'' ''thousand'' copies.
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* CreatorKiller: The disastrous creation of ''Yes Please!'' led to the band breaking up and Music/FactoryRecords going bankrupt, see below.

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* CreatorKiller: The disastrous creation of ''Yes Please!'' led to the band breaking up and Music/FactoryRecords Creator/FactoryRecords going bankrupt, see below.
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* CreatorKiller: The disastrous creation of ''Yes Please!'' led to the band breaking up and Factory Records going bankrupt, see below.
* DevelopmentHell: A famous case. The album: ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid Heroin. It didn't work[[note]]Shaun took an entire month's supply of methadone, but the band inadvertently smashed the case containing it by messing around in Manchester airport[[/note]]. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by [[Music/TalkingHeads Tina Weymouth]] [[Music/TomTomClub and Chris Frantz]]) caused the band's signature Madchester sound to become dated synthpop, and lots of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.

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* CreatorKiller: The disastrous creation of ''Yes Please!'' led to the band breaking up and Factory Records Music/FactoryRecords going bankrupt, see below.
* DevelopmentHell: A famous case. The album: An infamous case in the album ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid Heroin. It didn't work[[note]]Shaun took an entire month's supply of methadone, but the band inadvertently smashed the case containing it by messing around in Manchester airport[[/note]]. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by [[Music/TalkingHeads Tina Weymouth]] [[Music/TomTomClub and Chris Frantz]]) caused the band's signature Madchester sound to be traded in for Caribbean-influenced synthpop (a genre that had become ''very'' dated synthpop, by the time the album was released, just a year after the success of ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' and the explosion of {{grunge}} and AlternativeRock in the mainstream consciousness), and lots of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money money, combined with the failure of ''Yes Please!'' to turn anything close to a profit, ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.



* TroubledProduction: Their fourth and last album ''Yes Please!'' was a production so troubled that [[CreatorKiller it bankrupted the label]] that financed it, Creator/FactoryRecords. The album went way over budget, some members became addicted to crack (while attempting to kick a heroin habit), to the point of selling some studio gear in exchange for some more crack, and a recording session in Barbados resulted in recorded instruments but no vocals (due to Shaun Ryder forgetting to write the lyrics). When the album was released, it was universally panned and failed to sell.

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* TroubledProduction: Their fourth and last album ''Yes Please!'' was a production so troubled that [[CreatorKiller it bankrupted the label]] that financed it, Creator/FactoryRecords. The album went way over budget, some members became addicted to crack (while attempting to kick a heroin habit), to the point of selling some studio gear in exchange for some more crack, and a recording session in Barbados resulted in recorded instruments but no vocals (due to Shaun Ryder forgetting to write the lyrics). When the album was released, it was universally panned and failed to sell.allegedly sold just one ''hundred'' copies.
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* TroubledProduction: Their fourth and last album ''Yes Please!'' was a production so troubled that [[CreatorKiller it bankrupted the label]] that financed it, Creator/FactoryRecords. The album went way over budget, some members became addicted to crack (while attempting to kick a heroin habit), to the point of selling some studio gear in exchange for some more crack, and a recording session in Barbados resulted in recorded instruments but no vocals (due to Shaun Ryder forgetting to write the lyrics). When the album was released, it was universally panned and failed to sell.

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* CreatorKiller: The disastrous creation of ''Yes Please!'' led to the band breaking up and Factory Records going bankrupt, see below.



** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BgbvjvAWuY an interview]] with [=ChannelBee=], [[Music/TheSmiths Johnny Marr]] said that he was invited to work with the band, only to arrive at the airport realizing how [[OhCrap such an experience will be]]. He notes that he was in the band "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny for about 25 minutes]]".

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** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BgbvjvAWuY an interview]] with [=ChannelBee=], [[Music/TheSmiths Johnny Marr]] said that he * GenreKiller: The failure of ''Yes Please!'' was invited to work with one of the band, only to arrive at the airport realizing how [[OhCrap such an experience will be]]. He notes that he was last nails in the band "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny for about 25 minutes]]".coffin of the short-lived Madchester/Baggy scene.



* TropeNamer: Of TwentyFourHourPartyPeople.

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* TropeNamer: Of TwentyFourHourPartyPeople.TwentyFourHourPartyPeople.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BgbvjvAWuY an interview]] with [=ChannelBee=], Music/JohnnyMarr said that he was invited to work with the band shortly before they began work on ''Yes Please!'' in Barbados, only to arrive at the airport realizing how [[OhCrap such an experience would be]]. He notes that he was in the band "for about 25 minutes".
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* DevelopmentHell: A famous case. The album: ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid Heroin and focusing only on Methadone. It didn't work. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by [[Music/TalkingHeads Tina Weymouth]] [[Music/TomTomClub and Chris Frantz]]) caused the band's signature Madchester sound to become dated synthpop, and lots of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.

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* DevelopmentHell: A famous case. The album: ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid Heroin and focusing only on Methadone. Heroin. It didn't work.work[[note]]Shaun took an entire month's supply of methadone, but the band inadvertently smashed the case containing it by messing around in Manchester airport[[/note]]. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by [[Music/TalkingHeads Tina Weymouth]] [[Music/TomTomClub and Chris Frantz]]) caused the band's signature Madchester sound to become dated synthpop, and lots of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.
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* DevelopmentHell: A famous case. The album: ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid Heroin and focusing only on Methadone. It didn't work. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by [[Music/TalkingHeads Tina Weymouth]] [[Music/TomTomClub Chris Frantz]]) caused the band's signature Madchester sound to become dated synthpop, and lots of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.

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* DevelopmentHell: A famous case. The album: ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid Heroin and focusing only on Methadone. It didn't work. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by [[Music/TalkingHeads Tina Weymouth]] [[Music/TomTomClub and Chris Frantz]]) caused the band's signature Madchester sound to become dated synthpop, and lots of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.
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* DevelopmentHell: A famous case. The album: ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid Heroin and focusing only on Methadone. It didn't work. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by [[Music/TalkingHeads Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz]]) caused the band's signature Madchester sound to become dated synthpop, and lots of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.

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* DevelopmentHell: A famous case. The album: ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid Heroin and focusing only on Methadone. It didn't work. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by [[Music/TalkingHeads Tina Weymouth and Weymouth]] [[Music/TomTomClub Chris Frantz]]) caused the band's signature Madchester sound to become dated synthpop, and lots of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.
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* DevelopmentHell: A famous case. The album: ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid Heroin and focusing only on Methadone. It didn't work. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz) caused the band's signature Madchester sound to become dated synthpop, and lots of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.

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* DevelopmentHell: A famous case. The album: ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid Heroin and focusing only on Methadone. It didn't work. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by [[Music/TalkingHeads Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz) Frantz]]) caused the band's signature Madchester sound to become dated synthpop, and lots of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.

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* DevelopmentHell: A famous case. The album: ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid Heroin and focusing only on Methadone. It didn't work. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz) caused a lot of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of Crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for Crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.

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* DevelopmentHell: A famous case. The album: ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid Heroin and focusing only on Methadone. It didn't work. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz) caused a lot the band's signature Madchester sound to become dated synthpop, and lots of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of Crack, crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for Crack crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.bankrupt.
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BgbvjvAWuY an interview]] with [=ChannelBee=], [[Music/TheSmiths Johnny Marr]] said that he was invited to work with the band, only to arrive at the airport realizing how [[OhCrap such an experience will be]]. He notes that he was in the band "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny for about 25 minutes]]".
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* MissingEpisode: "Desmond", from their first album, drew a lawsuit because it blatantly lifted the vocal melody from Music/TheBeatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", and had to be removed from subsequent pressings of the album.

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* MissingEpisode: "Desmond", from their first album, drew a lawsuit because it blatantly lifted the vocal melody from Music/TheBeatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", and had to be removed from subsequent pressings of the album.album.
* TropeNamer: Of TwentyFourHourPartyPeople.
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* BlackSheepHit: Their cover of John Kongos' "Step On" was this for a while. Shaun used to hate singing that song. He mellowed a bit, later.
* DevelopmentHell: A famous case. The album: ''Yes Please!''. First, they moved to Barbados in order for Shaun to avoid Heroin and focusing only on Methadone. It didn't work. Working with a different producer (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne produced ''Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches'', now this album was being produced by Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz) caused a lot of slacking. Add to that Shaun's discovery of Crack, leading to spending a lot of money and basically loading Eddy Grant's studio gear into a van and going downtown to sell for Crack (they also took his sun loungers and basically created "crack dens"). After they got back to England, they didn't want to give the master tapes to Tony Wilson and the rest of the Factory personnel. However, they sold it for £50, only for the Factory guys to discover that it didn't contain any vocals (because Shaun didn't write any lyrics and couldn't be bothered). This waste of time and money ultimately led to Factory going bankrupt.
* MissingEpisode: "Desmond", from their first album, drew a lawsuit because it blatantly lifted the vocal melody from Music/TheBeatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", and had to be removed from subsequent pressings of the album.

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